100% agree. I don't know why this isn't used more as a selling point to parents and people with dirty jobs (as Mike Rowe teaches us, there are a lot of them).
Amazing, I need to check it out. Cannot believe we are discussing machine companionships in 2014.
I am not sure if you have or had a baby, but sometimes you need to know what the weather will be that day, or how long it will take to get to XYZ. And with a baby, you always have too few hands, especially when they are having breakfast as well ;). So, yeah, it's handy if your phone can answer questions like 'what's the weather gonna be today' or 'how long will it take me to get to XYZ' without having to unlock it or pressing the power button...
I'll begin to worry if it starts talking by itself.
The second gen looks great, but two things prevent making it an instant-buy for me: (1) the size, I like 4.7" and (2) the fact that the new generation Moto G has dual SIM and the Moto X doesn't (I am a Dutch person living in Germany, so I'd love dual SIM).
I'll wait a while to see if they are releasing an updated 4.7" at some point. If not, I might buy it at a lower price point (and after enough testing to see if I can live with the size) or look to alternatives (Z3 Compact etc.).
Of course, the 1st gen is still very snappy and will get Android L. So I am not in a rush ;).